First a little story. I am without a mining rig for the weekend. I am in the middle of a trade for a new card but found I really missed that gradual scroll of shares and speed measurement. With my rig feeling empty, I decided it needed something to do.
fakeminer https://github.com/rethaw/fakeminerFakeminer allows you to get the thrill of mining without the increased electricity bill or heat. Amaze your friends with impossible hashing rates.
Usage: fakeminer.py [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o HOST, --host=HOST RPC host (without 'http://')
-p PORT, RPC Port
-s --speed How fast is your card? In Mhash/sec
- Fakeminer makes no changes to your computer.
- It does not require a connection to the internet.
- It does not require a fancy video card, drivers, or SDK's of any kind.
Running it is as simple as:
python fakeminer.py -o ultrapool.comm -p 1337 -s 500
You are now mining on ultrapool with 500 Mhash/s!
Available on
github. This software is offered without a license or warranty of any kind. The biggest risk of fakemining is making your fake video card so fast it floods your console.
Future additions may include: notification of a found block, a fake pool for housing your fake coins, being able to set to 51% of the total hashrate to get a double spend. I look forward to further suggestions.
